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Sheffield Homes Chief Executive Digs In To Help School Pupils at High Green
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Sheffield Homes’ Chief Executive Peter Morton picked up his spade and dug in to help pupils from Angram Bank Primary School plant four Rowan trees at Crossfield Gardens High Green on Tuesday 5 February.
This is part of an ongoing partnership between Sheffield Homes and Sheffield City Council’s Trees & Woodland’s department over a strategic tree renewal programme. It is being delivered through community forestry projects to target those areas where further tree planting will bring about positive enhancement of people’s surroundings and benefits to both the immediate and wider environment.
Sheffield Homes' Chief Executive Peter Morton says: “We see this as an excellent way of getting young people interested and taking part in the local community. We are always very keen to work together with local communities to identify areas where we can plant new trees and improve our existing stock. The trees we have chosen for this scheme will bring the maximum benefits to local people and the environment. This renewal programme will help towards making our city an even nicer place to live for today’s residents and future generations.”
Sheffield City Council’s Community Forester Jez Platts says: “Community Forestry is about the successful establishment of trees and woodlands in the urban environment which leads to many benefits for health, economic regeneration, nature conservation, education and community development. For it to succeed it is imperative that local people, schools and community groups get involved in all the different elements from the planning and decision making through to implementation, planting and tending the trees.”
Also in attendance was Sheffield City Councillor Brian Lodge.